Janelle had studied hard for her first psychology test and expected to do well

However, she became frustrated when she got to a question worth a lot of points. She knew she knew the answer, but she couldn't quite remember the information, although the answer came to mind five minutes after she had left class. Janelle experienced a memory that was available but not accessible, which illustrates
a. sensory memory decay.
b. eidetic imagery.
c. a flashbulb memory.
d. the tip-of-the-tongue (TOT) state.


ANSWER: d

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